Improvement in cotton-seed planters



N. PETERS. PHCYO L THOGRAPHE UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE,

CHAS. C. GARRETT, OF SPRING HILAL, ALABAMA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-SEED PLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 23,164, dated March 8,V1859.

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, GHARLEs C. GARRETT, ot' Spring Hill, in the countyof Marengo and State ot' Alabama, have invented a-new and ImprovedCotton-Seed Planter; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description ot' the same, reference heilig had tothe annexed drawings, making a part ot' this specification, in which-Figure 1'is a longitudinal vertical section of my invention, taken inthe line a: x, Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same, taken in the line yy, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the twofigures.

This invention consists in the employment or use of a rotating toothedwheel in connection with stationary stripping-brushes, the wheel andbrushes being placed in the bottom ota seedbox, which is provided withadjustable plates, the parts being arranged to operate as hereinafterfully shown and described, whereby the cotton-seed may be planted in thesame state as they are discharged from the gin and the discharge of seedregulated, as may be desired.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct myinvention, I will proceed to describe it.

Arepresents a rectangularframe, to the back part of which two handles, BB', are attached,-

and to the front of which a projecting bar, O, is secured, said barhaving two small gage-wheels, a, affixed to it. Through the back partot' the bar G, at its junction with the frame A, the shank of afurrow-share, D, passes. The frame A is mounted on two wheels, E E, anda seedbox, F, is placed on said frame, the box being provided with acover, b. To the back end of the frame A a drop-frame, Gr, is attached,said frame having a roll'er, H, fitted within it, and to the under sideof the frame A a frame, I, is attached at its front end, said framehaving barrow-teeth c attached to its back part and acted upon at itsback end by a spring, cl, said spring having atendency to keep the tcethinto the ground. This will be clearly understood by referring to Fig. 1.

J is a wheel, which is placed in the lower part of the seed-box F, andhas teeth or rods e projecting from it in a somewhat tangentialposition, as shown clearly in Fig. 1. The axis j' of this wheel extendsthrough one side ot' the seed-box, and it has a pinion, g, placed on it,said pinion gearing into a corresponding pinion, h, on the axle t' ot'the wheels E E. The end ofthe axisfot the wheel J adjoining the piniony,is litted in a lever, K, the lower end ot' which is attached or pivotedto the frame A, and has a rod, L, attached to it. By this arrangementthe pinion g may be thrown outaot' gear with the pinion h, when desired.

At the bottom ofthe seed-box F, and to each side ot' its front part, astationary horizontal brush,j, is attached, between whichthe teeth orrods e of the wheel J pass as said wheel rotates, and to each side ofthe seed-box F an adjustable or sliding plate, 7c, is fitted, saidplates extending a tride below the bottom ot the seed-box, and adjustedhigher or lower, as may bc desired, by means of arms l l and a screw andnut, m m, the former passing through the center ot' a cross-bar, n whichconnects the outer ends of the arms l l, the lower end of the screwbeing attached to a projection, 0, attached to the back part oftheseedbox, as shown clearly in Fig. 1.

By referring to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the sides of the hopper areplaced in inclined positions, and that by adjusting the plates 7a khigher or lower the discharge-orifice ot the seed-box may be enlarged orconstructed as occasion may require.

The operation is as follows: The cottonseed to be planted is placed inthe seed-box F, and as the machine is drawn along the wheel J is rotatedby the gearing g It in the direction indicated by the arrow, and theteeth or rods c will draw the seed, which are covered with lintprecisely the same asthey came from the gin, fromlthe box, the dischargeot' the seed being regulated by adjusting the plates k 7c so as toenlarge or contract the space between them. As the teeth or rods c passupward between the brushes jj the latter strip the seed from them, asthe lint causes thc seed to adhere to the teeth or rods. The tangentialposition ot' the rods or teeth e favors the action of the brushesjj orthe stripping of the seed from the teeth or rods. This will be clearlyunderstood by referring Fig. l.

The share D, wheels a, barrow-teeth c, and roller H perform their usualoffices-to wit, the wheels a, regulating the depth ot the furrow, theshare I) opening the furrow, the teeth c coveringr the seed, .and theroller H pressing the earth on the same.

The difoulty attending the planting of cotton-seed by a lnaehine hasbeen owing to the lint which is attached to the seed, and which the gindoes not remove. seed to adhere together and prevents a free dischargeofthe same. By my invention this diflieulty is obviated.

I am aware that rotating agitators and stirrers have been used andarranged in various seeding-machines to insure the free discharge ofseed from the same, and I therefore do not The lint causes the claimseparately the rotating toothed Wheel J but.,

Having thus described my invention, what I do claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is l In combination with the WheelJ andbrushes jj, the adjustable' plates 7c 7c, arranged slibstantially as andfor the purpose specified.

CHAS. C. GARRETT. Witnesses:

B. R. EPPES, J. W. BAIRD.

